Category: Walk Reports
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Peak resort (8th August 2019)
Thursday 8th August, our penultimate Thursday evening walk ( where does time go !) 32 people set out from Sheepbridge to walk the Peak Resort, led by Jane( this was her first time as a walk leader )We walked the route in a clockwise direction, getting the most strenuous section done first, through beautiful woodlands
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Barlow circular (6th August 2019)
Tuesday 6th August: a Peter Carr walk, starting from Barlow Village Hall. great walk,6 miles, 21 walkers, inc new members and visitors, through beer and bread fields, tater fields, by reservoirs, saw cows, sheep, a huge buzzard, and nearly a woodpecker!
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Hundall and West Handley (18th July 2019)
Thursday 18th July: an Angela Land walk. Report and pics by Angela.. This is what we got up to on our Thursday evening walk on 18th July 2019. I had a quick check to see if the forbidden footbridge of footpath seventeen was safe to use, then went over to the Fred Hopkinson Memorial Hall
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Not really a pub crawl walk (13th July 2019)
Saturday 13th July: a ‘Not Really a Pub Crawl’ walk Led by Richard S. He leads these walks because it gets him to the pub(s) first, and by the time the rest of the group get there, he is halfway down his first pint! 15 started from the Big Lay by, to stop fairly soon
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Ridgeway walk (June 29th 2019)
Saturday 29th walk: from Ridgeway A Graham Gill walk, with slight variations. Starting from near The Swan, we wandered through the churchyard only to find the exit gate firmly shut. Wandering back out the way we came, and further down the road, turned right, on a footpath that would take us to the ford at
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Unstone circular (27th June 2019)
Thursday 27th walk: ‘Joe’s Walk’ And it seemed, the height of summer, a nice sunny evening to take part in a Graham Gill 4 miler, nicknamed ‘Joe’s Walk’ Starting out at the Big Layby, a short stroll before crossing the road to wander past Unstone Hall, when we spotted the White Horse of Unstone, and
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Summerley circular (20th June 2019)
Thursday 20 June walk 18 members enjoyed a lovely sunny evening walk. About 4.5 miles from Coal Aston village hall via Firth Wood, Metapic Wood and Summerly. Lead by Jeannie and Adrian * Hmmm, Firth Wood! Chatting to my (Welsh) brother in law, he told me the Welsh word ‘Ffridd’ means ‘Open Space’. RLS
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Unstone line and Peak resort (17th June 2019)
Monday 17th June, postponed from Tuesday 11th UNSTONE LINE & PEAK RESORT WALK Just four members –Joe Kelsall, Richard Armstrong, Eileen and Graham Gill – turned up for this walk which was rearranged from the previous Tuesday due to heavy rain. The weather forecast for the day was a bit mixed but it turned out
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Johnnygate and Rumbling Street (13 June 2019)
Thursday 13th June: from (and to) Millthorpe: a David Blackburn walk. This walk was ‘just’ a 3.5 mile walk, but billed as ‘muddy’ ‘need wellies’ ‘need overtrousers’ but 6 of us set off quite merrily following David across streams, fields, through woods, more streams, more fields…calling in at places like Johnnygate, Rumbling Street…a great walk,
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Moss Valley learning walk (30th May 2019)
Thursday 30th May 2019: a Chris Turk ‘learning’ walk.Starting from the Coal Aston village hall car park, 32 walkers, many of whom were visitors to the group. We hope we made you all welcome, and hope you will join us as members…We went down to the Moss Valley. A lovely walk, easy pace, with so